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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1912.

"emigrants presented." It is of - A first and final dividend of $100 per THE BURGLARY EPIDEMIC. terest to note the statement in the cent. is announced by Mr.

Hennessey The man who committed the burglary Report that the demand for labour in the Seth as liquidator of the Sam Wang at the residence of Mr. B. A. M. Wil (THROUGH REUTRR'S AGENCY.] Malay Peninsula was not so brisk as form. Land Investment Loan and Agency Cayliams at the Peak is to be brought hafore

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the Magistrate to-day.

16 is reported that a search in the

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THE TURCO-ITALIAN WAR.

LONDON, September 6th. Reuter's Rome correspondent wires that

(THROUGH ZEUTER'S AGENCY,) "A UNIVERSITY OF HUMANITY."

MEMORIAL TO "GENERAL" BOOTH.

LONDON, September 6th, General Bramwell Booth, of the

A Calcutta correspondent states that the record for the longest distance wire-grounds of Mr. Ho Tung's house has re- less message over sent in the East has sulted in property to the amount of 8129 an official statement has been issued which been achieved by the staff at the Colombo hoing recovered. This was property: wireless station. They spoke to Sabang, which the burglar had apparently drop-states that the first phase of the war, the Salvation Army, is appealing for Sumatra, 1,007 miles away. The weather

effective occupation of a wide strip of £150,000,- which, added. to logacies conditions at the time were very favour-ped in his hurried flight.

coast from Cape Murahez to Tobruk, was anounting to £60,000, will suffice for the Mr. D. Young, of Taikoo, has informed able:

the police that while he was in residence successfully accomplished. The Govern-erection, as a memorial to his father, of An amusing incident was witnessed in at Mound Parker thieves entered his re-ment in order to facilitate operations in a Traisting Home for Salvation Officers, the camber of the Naval Yard on Thurs-idence at Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay, the interior decided to establish two in which would be a University of Ham- day during the height of the typhoon gaining admission either by a window

PRISONER ESCAPES.

late

Goneral's world-wide

erly, most contracts through the Singapore depôt having been signed for Dutch For sessions. The agencies formed in the Malay Peninsula in 1910 have had no influence at the Hongkong ead, and labour is still recruited through the old channels. The number of assisted emigrants passed rose from 23,554 in 1910 to 24,605 in 1911, the aumber going to the Straits Settlements and Malay Peninsula being 16,129 as against 18,177 in 1910; to the Dutch Indies 4,810 against 3,577, and to Borneo 3,666 against 1,800. The number of contracts alarm. Two or three sampans had found or by means of a duplicate key, and stole dependent commands in Tripoli and fanity" project dear to the late signed for assisted emigrants to the Dutch

clothing to the value of $73.50,

Cyrenaica. General Caners will accord." General." He hopes for subscriptions ingly be relieved of the command, and from the Possessions was nearly twice as many as for the Malay Peninsula (Jolioro and the New

will be replaced by Lieutenant General admirera, States). This year, we understand, emigra.

Ragui, in Tripoli, and Lieutenant Gen- tion has not been so brisk, partly, no doubt,

eral Briscola, in Cyrenaica, because the plantation districts are fairly well supplied with labour, and plauting is not proceeding on the same scale as during the past few years. That, at least, appears to be the case in Sumatra, where the cultiva. is growing amongst the Chinese, especial- his escape from custody. It is reported the Eisteddfod av. Wrexham, was inter-! ly amongst the lower classes. The main that when he was sent to the hospital on tion of rubber has become one the most objection to cigarette smoking, from a medical advice the police inspector en important industries and bids fair, we rend, Chineze point of view, is not the injuri-duty had his doubts about the man's sick to be a factor of very considerable import-ousness of the habit, but the foreignng and kept him in handcuffs, ance in future in furthering the develop origin of the cigarettes. A BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE ment of the East Coast. But this falling off in the emigration from Hongkong is also ascribed to certain troubles at Singapore last year in connection with the enforcement sing on the railway. The men said therany rate, he asked to be allowed to go suffragettes from the crowd.

SCOTCH

WHISKY

MALT SCOTCH WHISKIES.

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of quarantine regulations there. Seriona complaint is made of the accommodation For over 30 Years WATSON'S provided at the Quarantino Station at the Southern port, where it sometimes happens "E has maintained the that crowds of emigrants are detained for several works. If the plantations in the the reputation of

FINEST

Malay States are experiencing difficulty in securing as much labour as they need from SOOTCH WHISKY in the China this year, that is the probable explana

FAR EAST.

tion, for there does not yet seem to be an unyea..! amount of industrial activity io Chips; but, on the contrary, a super. abundance of unemployed labour, which is a constant inenace to the public peace, The general public has no idea of the amount of supervision which is exercised by

their way inside, and when persuasion failed to induce them to leave several Indians armed with hose pipes played on the ocenpants so effectively that they were glad to seek a more hospitable shelter,

Notwithstanding the agitation against. cigarette smoking worked up by the Che nose Anti-Cigarette League, the cigarette babit, says the British Consul at Nanking,

At the Magistracy two Chinese wore proceeded against by Mr. Clark, of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, for trespas

were going to look for work at Shatin. Mr. Irving imposed a fine of $10 each or one month's imprisonment. advised Mr. Clark to have a notice posted His Worship up calling attention to the fact that two men had been punished for trespassing, and Mr. Clark agreed to do this.

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The interesting announcement comes

from Tokyo that the new Emperor of

Japan has decided that the Heir to the Japanese Throne shall receive a European education. Prinec Michi, it is added, will be sent to England, where he will spend four years at college. He will afterwarde go to Faris and Berlin to complete his education. Prince Hirohito

A. S. WATSON the local authorities over the constant (Michi-no-Miya) is 11 years of age, hav-

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ing been down at Tokyo on April 29th, 1001.

The Emperor of Russia bas presented

The prisoner who was arrested when attempting to commit F burglary nt

the residonen of Mrs. Mc-

Ewen at Beaconsfield Arcade and who was sent to the hospital on Thursday has acquired additional notoriety by making

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ever, when he entered the hospital the handcuffs were removed at the request of the doctor. This apparantly inspired the prisoner with hopes of freedom.

At

MORE SUFFRAGETTE AFFAIRS.

LONDON, September 8th. Mr. Lloyd George, while speaking

rupted by a number of suffragettes, who were swiftly ejected by the audience.

The crowd outside roughly handled them;

BURNED TO DEATH,

LONDON, September 8th.

A St. Petersburg message reports that seventeen labourers sleeping in a barn

in the suburbs have been burned to death.

DISASTER AT THE DOVER COLLIERY.

LONDON, September ütl

A huge water tank at the pithead of Shakespeare's Cliff;

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their clothes being torn from them, and the Colliery one being seriously injured. The police Dover, collapsed and fell to the bottom, had the greatest dificulty in rescuing the a distance of a thousand feet. Two men

were killed and nine injured.

LATER.

Suffragette interruptions at Wrexham

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A MILITARY DISASTER.

LONDON, September 6th Reuter's correspondent telegraphs that

to the lavatory, and the lukong in charge. ed outside the door. As a considerable of him accompanied him there and wait-

open the door, the lukong entered, only fragette had her hair pulled out by hand- time lapsed and the prisoner did not lashed the audience into fury. One suf-

to make the disconcerting discovery that fals. A Colonial gentleman who inter during the course of the Dutch military the man had gone. The method of his escape was obvious.

He had made his fered to proteer the women was practical-maneuvres a raft collapsed, immersing pipe, reached the ground in safety, and exit by the window, descended the water ly stripped and his eyes were "blacked."ighteen soldiers, six, of whom

then made off. He has not been heard of since, and the lakong has been placed under arrest.

It was rumoured later in the day that. the lukong was a brother of the prisoner.

THE WONGMOON PIRACY.

It appears that the Asiatic Petroleum Company's lighter which was pirated; near Wanginoon as reported in yester- day's Daily Press was being towed by a heave to by a band of pirates on the launch. The latter was compelled to

THE SITUATION IN ULSTER.

LONDON, September 6th.. The Ulster Protestant Bishop has issued! I pastoral letter declaring that none can' forecast the disastrous consequences uf Home Rule; and appointing the 22nd September as a day of humiliation and

prayer.

drowned,

were

EXPRESS TRAIN HELD UP AND LOOTED.

DY ONE. BANDIT.

LONDON, September 6th. A New Orleans telegram states that a bandit held up, single-handed, the North- ward bound express, in the vicinity of New Orleans, looted the mail van, robbed the passengers in five cars, and was about to escape when the engine-driver felled him.

BETWEEN NORWAY AND AMERICA.

LONDON, September 8th.

stream of emigraats passing through Hong- koug. It is not more than a year or two

TRADES UNION CONGRESS. since some irresponsible and ignorant per son, whose statements obtained wide pub- a brooch with the Imperial Eagle in

LONDON, September 6th. licity on account of the sonsational character diamonds to Mrs. Langley, in recognition river bank, and seven men armed with whelming vote defeated a motion by Mr. The Trades Union Congress by an over- of the charges made, alloged that the Gov- ernment of Hongkong was scandalously in-sailors from H.M. cruiser Varing. The searched the launch, taking away clothed to inquire into the Government's

of her services while nursing the wounded rifles and revolvers then went aboard and Ben Tillett that a comunities be appoint-WIRELESS TELEGRAPH SERVICE different to the conditions under which this services, says the Nursing Mirror, sereing and money to the value of $150, also "slave traffic" was carried on. The retrac rendered in 1904-5 during the Russo- removing the fireman and coxswain as tations subsequently published have Japanese War, when Mrs. Langley, at hostages. probably not yet overtaken the original lie. that time Miss Georgina Franklin, wag a Anyone who takes the trouble to consult the Sister at the Government Civil Hospital, annual sports of the Registrar-General's Hongkong, and the Yaring was the first Department will find conclusive evidence of ship blown up at Chemulpo. the falsity of the mischievous allegation. One of the best refutations that there is

the anything about

emigration of these people justifying the descrip tion "slave traffic," is furnished by the returns showing the number of women who are passing through Hongkong every year to join their husbands. The number of women and children passengers examined last year by the Registrar- General's Office and allowed to proceed was 24,630, compared with 16,806 in 1910., There was an increase of 7,364 la

An incident that throws an interesting sidelight on new China is mentioned by Mr. E. Huat in an account which he con- tributes to Chino's 'Millions of CLM. work in the prefecture of Winchow, Chekiang. In the city. 15 months ago the idea of "independence" nearly caused a serious split. Some of the most earnest men of the native Church become passessed of the thought that it was

shameful to be beholden to the for-

eigner" for help, financial or otherwise, sengers going to the Straits and of 308 in and, as they could not run the whole work for financial reasons, desired to separato On September 5th, at Hamburg; to Dr.those going to the Dutch Indies. and Mrs. KARL Hova, a daughter.

BIRTH.

(1050 HONGKONG OFFICE: 101, Das Vœux ROAD C. LONDON OFFICE: 181, FLEET Starr, E.C.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, SEPTEMDER 7TH, 1912

Mr.

|HALIFAT mentions in his Report that the

SUPREME COURT,

Friday, September 6th.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

BEFORE MR. H. H. J. GOMPERTZ (PUISNE JUIXGE).

powers and prospective action regarding| compulsory arbitration, The speakers vehemently opposed the motion, fearing The Norwegian Government has con- that it might be taken as the Congress'tracted with the Marconi Company for acceptance of the principle of compul-the erection of stations in Norway and xin,

New York for the purpose of establish- Mr. Tillet dwelt on the stupidity of ing a telegraphic service between America misreading the motion and warned Conand Northern Europe,

THE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP IN gress that legislation was imminent and they ought to be ready to meet it.

AMERICA. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

MUTUAL DISCOVERY ORDERED. ly an action brought by A. D'Almeida against J. A. Dove to recover 8420, Mr. Otto Kong Sing, who appeared for the defendant, applied for a week's adjourn ment, remarking, I would like to giVE THE CONSTITUTION OF TAX BRITISH EMPIRE. my friend (Mr. Harris, for plaintiff) discovery. I want to show him some documents."

Loxos, September 8th. The Right on, H. L. Samuel, Post-

His Lordship adjourned the case for a week, and made an order for mutual master-General, speaking in the Econo- mies Section of the British Association, discovery.

The Hongkong and China Gas Co. said that while the constitution of the sued C. A. G. Bearwolf to recover $41.83.

A DISPUTED CLAIM,

and run a little church independently. Mr. M. Reader Harris (of Mesers. WiUnited Kingdom was over-centralised the kinson & Grist) represented the plain constitution of the Empire was clearly tiffs, and defendant appeared in person under-centralised, the outlying popula

His Lordship (to defendant)--Do you we this money

Defendant-I do not,

registration and photographing of assisted Happily, adds the writer, they came to see that this would mean great loss and emigrants have proved a practical success,

harm to both bodies, and the danger was and it is now well known through

averied. In the Pingyanghsion work this out the Kwangtung Province that missing men who have gone abroad as assisted independent movement was started two years ago, and for a twelvemonth was emigrants, can generally be traced through followed by all the churches of that dis- the Registrar General's Office, and redeemed trict. Misapprehension of its scope and if required. Relatives of emigrants whe aims and other unfortunate circumstances The great increase in the number of rubber come to the office to make exquirics me contributed greatly to this end; but after plantations in the Federated Malay States,uumerous, Mr. HALLIFAX says, and aro

a year, for financial and other reasons, ia Netherlands India, and in British North usually content with the information the the movement as a whole collapsed, the Borneo during the past few years has office can give them as to the whereabouts churches asking the C.I.M. to TESTINO created an enormous demand for labour of the missing men and the terms of the responsibility for the oversight, with the both from China and from India. The labour contract under which they are exception of some five or six which have, vumber of assisted omigrants which were working. It will be recognised at once so far, remained independent. examined by the Registrar-General's Officein how important these duties of the Hongkong last year (34,087) probably con- Registrar-General's Office have become. stitutes a record. Of the number examined A very sharp watch is maintained over -only 24,605 were passed. We learn from the the doings of the recruiters of labour and Begistrar-General's Report that the number the local boarding-houses, to protect emi- of those examined who refused to go baarisen grants from trickery and fraud, and it considerably from 179 or 0.7 per cent. in is very satisfactory to learn that the 1910 to 1,286 or 3.6 per cent. in 1911; and Department enjoys the confidence of the the total number rejected, including refusals, public throughout the Ewangtung Province, rose from 3,727 in 1910 to 4,166 in 1911. The difference between the total number Sir Frederick Logard, Governor-Gen- presented for examination and the number eral of Federated. Nigeria, will leave for allowed to proceed is about 9,500, of which his post about September 17th. number it appears as if only 4,000 odd can

A lakong from Kowloon City was be accounted for. It in explained, however, charged before Mr. Irving at the Magis that the discrepancy is due to the fact that tracy yesterday with demanding money large numbers of emigrants who express by menaces from a man at Kowloon. He their willingness to go abroad at the first was convicted and fined $5. - examination change their minds afterwards

The typhoon, which had passed to the

MAILS. TO EUROPE VIA SIBERIA.

SUPERBORIPTION NO LONGER NECESSARY.

it?

His Lordship You don't owe any of

Defendant-1 ove about $24, not 841. Harris.

His Lordship-You had better see Mr. After a consultation with defendant Mr. Harris applied for a week's ad journment, remarking that he had ar ranged with Mr. Bearwolf.

The case was adjourned fer a week.

AP AMAH'S CLAIM.

tions having no formal share in ite It was unlikely that this sovereignty. wap the final shape of the Empire's con- stitution, but the excation of fedoral in- stitutions with executive powers was surrounded with difficulties. The next stage in its development was possibly a federal cuion such as existed

legislative

LONDON, September (tb.

A message from Wheaton (Illinois)

states that Norman Hunter, the sole Britisher remaining in the Champion-, ship contest, gave up owing to sunstroke. Bilton's defeat was likewise attributed to the tropical heat.

THE KAISER.

LONDON, September 6th. The Kaiser was again in the field at 3.30 and watched the operations of the Swiss troops for several hours despite the rain,..

COMBINED OPERATIONS AGAINST TURKEY,

LONDON, September 6th. The Times publishes a message from St.

In an action brought by Chou Ah Lien Switzerland, America and Germany Petersburg stating that Bulgaria, Servia against Cabraal to recover 900, Mr. Leo at certain periods of their histories in and Greece contemplats combined opera D'Almuda e Castro, who appeared for which the central authority had no direct tions against Turkey. the defendant, asked his Lordship to

allow the matter to stand over for a fort-relation with the citizens of the com- night, as he was bringing a charge against ponent States.

the plaintiff in the Police Court for lear- the service of the defendant without ice She was an amah in the defen- dant's employ,

ince

We are officially informed that letters His Lordship Why should that case, and postcards for Europe will in future be heard before this?

BRITISH FAILURES AT THE

OLYMPIC GAMES.

LONDON, September 6th.

NEW DEFENCE SCHEME.

AEROPLANE STATIONS.

LONDON, September 8th. The new defence scheme for the Eastern bo despatched by the route of Siberia Mr. D'Almada-Once that is heard, it The report of the British Olympic Counties provides for the stationing of unless marked by the senders for trans-may save your Lordship from taking Council emphasises afresh that the Bri-twenty-five aeroplanes mission by another route.

Colchester, Printed matter and samples will con- apparent/She is firat in the field tigh failures at the Stockholm Olypiad which will also be the headquarters of

tinue to be sent by the Suez Canal route. It was mentioned in the Daily Preat on

Monday last that the Fost Office of the United Kingdoro now forwards all let. ters and postcards for Hongkong, Japan, China and His Majesty's Ships in the Far East by the Siberia route unless marked by the tenders for transmission by another conte,

TYPHOON WARNING.

this case,

Elis

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Mr. D'Almeda-I understand abe has were mainly due to the inability of the to be established from the coast of Kent the waterplanes chain of “rest stations”

seen Mr. Woodcock, who told her at his office that she was not entitled to any salary, and also told her to go.

His Lordship--Mr. Woodcock may be quite right, and he may not.

Mr. D'Almada-That is so, my Lord. His Lordship-He has not inquired into the matter judicially.

Mr. D'Almada-Will your Lordship allow the case to stand over for a week? Hi Lordship-It is a very small mat fer. Couldn't you be ready this morning ↑

Mr. D'Almada-I could pot, His Lordship--Will to-day week suit for the hearing?

Olympic Association to subsidie the. training.

Reuter learns that negotiations are pro- ceeding to secure a Government grant.

THE PROPOSED BALKAN- CONFERENCE.

to Northumberland.

ACCIDENT AT THE NAVAL YARD.

An accident occurred at the Naval Yard yesterday morning which resulted in two Chinese being injured, It ap peared that some workmen were engaged

LONDON, September 6th. Count Berchtold has issued a second in the chief engineer'e workshop-au-- communication to the Powers on the sub.caling an air bottle made of cast steel,

sion, part of it knocking a hole in the

and do not come up again, and that many south-west of the Colony yesterday morn The telegram quoted below was receiv- who are rejected or have passed the first ing, apparently passed out of the dangered at the American Consulate General, examination for que port begin the process zone, no far as Hongkong was concerned, Hongkong, from the Manila Observatory. Mr. D'Almada-H your Lordshipject of the Balkans, elaborating his first when the bottle burst with a loud exple- afresh for another port; and so appear and before noon the signals had been at 12.15 p.m. yesterday:Cyclone or Typhoon N. W. of Yap, direction un- twice--or even more often---in the toil of taken down,

known.

pleases.

The hearing of the case was fixed for communication, but not removing any roof. Two men were injured and had

next Friday.

doubts as to its ultimate unices.

to be sent to the hospital for treatment.